Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:12:06 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft "Get ISDN"? Message-ID: <199603161612.LAA03414@etinc.com>
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>> >All the terminal adaptors I've seen support AT-style commands. Admittedly, >> >the configuration commands are generally non-portable, but that's a one-shot >> >deal - you only set the TA up once - and all the relevant AT commands you're >> >used to with modems work just fine after that. >> >> It frightens me that the "future" is in high-speed async... :-) > >Me too. However, the alternatives are relatively so much more expensive... > >Sync serial requires a fairly pricey sync serial card. (Sorry Dennis, much >as I like your products, the truth of the matter is that I can get a 16550 >dual port card for $30). Thats not the point (although you enjoy harping on it). The reason the sync products are so expensive is because there's a limited market for them. Heck, the card only costs a few dollars more to build...but as long as the proliferation of async continues, sync will be a premium product. I still find it terribly interesting that people will spend a fortune on horsepower of questionable necessity (like P6s and 166Mhz cpus to run a terminal server) but want to use $30. async cards for the most important bottleneck in their network. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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